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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

WAR AND DEMOCKRACY

It should be obvious that the only reason war is possible at
this point in history is the widespread acceptance of the idea that it is inevitable. With this idea so firmly entrenched in the minds of millions, few bother to question it. After all, there is no sense in trying to understand the reasons for war if it will not lead to any change. If the real causes of war were generally understood, Americans might ask whether they should allow
them to be fought in their name. In a real democracy, the People would be responsible for the actions of their government.

War has always been about controlling other people's resources. It is inherently inconsistent with the basis of democracy, which is recognition of the inalienable rights of all and the responsibility of governments to ensure them. A truly democratic government is one of, by and for the People. Not some, but all the people. If the rights purportedly guaranteed by the constitution are universal, then they are also the rights of the Peoples of all nations. The US has no right to deny them. As long as Americans allow their government to violate the rights of others, they mock the idea of liberty and justice for all. In doing so, they are enabling corporate powers that control the US government to deny these basic rights to themselves.

It is Mankind’s oldest and greatest dream to
rid the world of the scourge of war, yet at a time when the US military
unquestionably dominates the rest of the world Americans continue to accept the
obvious lie that they must waste their resources on the destruction of other
nations. In a 2013 poll, over half opposed cutting the military budget even while funds to care for the poor are slashed. Are Americans such cowards that they would accept seemingly random US state-sponsored
terror in the name of “freedom” and “security" forever if they knew wars were really fought for corporate profit? After NDAA and the revelations of NSA spying, would they still accept the loss of their constitutional rights in the name of "American interests" if they saw that these have been defined as the interests of transnational corporations with no loyalty to the US, its citizens, or humanity itself? If so, is there any price they will not pay?

European citizens, despite having experienced war directly within living memory, are not much better at recognizing that their self-interest is served by opposing war. In the modern era, it has been argued that warfare is justified to fight threats to freedom. For decades, communism was seen as such a menace, when in fact it was merely a threat to the profits of global elites cooperating to carve up the resources of the planet. Now stateless terrorism is claimed to a threat and warfare the only answer. The Global War on Terror has provided cover for the global war on democracy and national self-determination. If those who are profiting from it succeed in creating a worldwide corporate Empire, no nation will be spared. Somehow, we have to make citizens of the US and other NATO countries understand that war is always about competition for resources and that this one is to secure all the resources of the planet for the benefit of war profiteers. Only then can they make a conscious decision about whether it is worth sacrificing the lives of their children and those of targeted nations.

The fact that wars are conducted for the sole purpose of expanding the power of the ruling elite was well understood prior to the revival of the archaic notion of “democracy,” the
idea that people can rule themselves. The ruling class never really relinquished its power. When the concept of divine rights of kings was questioned, the economic elite dusted off the ancient idea of democracy and systematically encouraged the masses to delude themselves into believing that they controlled their own national destiny and through their governments, protected their rights from foreign tyrants. The allure of the idea of democracy was so powerful that Americans failed to see the rise of tyranny within their own government. Somewhere along the way, the delusion of democracy became so ingrained that a majority seemed to accept the insane notion that the root of terrorism was that perpetrators were “jealous of our freedom.” What could be more ironic?

In the generations since the
American Revolution that real cause of war has been forgotten by the People. A mythical version of American history has been created that clouds the minds of those indoctrinated by the American educational system. The outrage over Vietnam led to a glimmer of awareness of the connection between corporate power and war in the minds of that generation, but with the end of the war and then the end of the draft the lesson has been largely forgotten. That is how we came to be faced with the prospect of what the corporatocracy expects to become a permanent corporate-dominated New World Order. Only a revival of awareness that all just authority arises from the People can citizens of the United States use their collective power to help ensure that the last, best hope for Mankind does not perish from the Earth. For that, they will need the support of other NATO nations and the Peoples of the world, with whose fate theirs is intertwined.

It is said that no two democracies have ever fought a war against each other. To
the extent that is true, it is not by chance. “Democracy” has come to be
defined by the ruling class as any form of government that submits to the will of the
Anglo-American Empire and thereby concede sovereignty to the international
corporations that dictate its foreign policy. If national interests are defined
as synonymous with defending and expanding the wealth and power of the global
elite that control these corporations, any nation that submits to the Empire is defined as "democratic." While citizens of NATO nations have come
to equate democracy with the power of the vote in the absence of any other
evidence of its presence, the majority fail to realize that their governments
do not even apply the same minimal standard to others that they label “democratic”
or “despotic,” friend or foe.

The simple rule is that the enemies of any nation that is a threat to corporate power are friends of the corporatocracy, regardless of how such governments treat their own people. Under the guise of protecting citizens from their own governments, the US selectively targets nations that refuse to fall into line with the globalist agenda. The doctrine of "Responsibility to Protect" is nothing more than a noble sounding version of preemptive warfare. Condemned when adopted by the Nazis and outlawed by the agreements that established the UN, it has become official US policy, with the nearly universal support of the governments of NATO nations if not their peoples. The world is full of such potential enemies, of course. Any
nation that does not submit to the dictates of the global elite and in
particular the international bankers who are the real Puppet Masters of the
show is by definition an enemy. Anyone who doubts this likely fails to realize that all of the recently targeted countries from Iraq to Syria had central banks that operated independently of the Bank of International Settlements, where global financial warfare is plotted.

When the symbolic enemy of the Soviet Union collapsed under the weight of its
economic inefficiency and the need to maintain an enormous military, it was not
hard to find a substitute. Former allies became the enemy, as has become an
ever more obvious pattern. It used to take years or decades for a former foe to
become an ally. The process accelerated after WWII, when the US government made
common cause with former Nazis where it served the purposes of the national
security state and the economic interests whose interests it exists to protect.
Today, yesterday’s enemy is today’s ally.

The Mujahudin were recruited to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. It leaders
were listed in a CIA data base that became known for its Arabic name: al
Qaeda. These useful idiots were later put
to use in Bosnia, the southern tier of the former Soviet empire, the Mideast,
Africa and even the US. The Empire has abandoned any pretense of forming alliances
based on defense of “democracy.” It is openly using the same fighters it
claimed it sacrificed thousands of Americans to defeat to wage war on weaker
nations whose resources it covets. Millions of innocents who are killed, maimed
or displaced are dismissed as collateral damage. Its naked aggression has become
apparent to all but the most casual observer.

That is why it is our duty to draw attention to the real reasons for war. If we believe that
democracy is possible, then we must believe that humans are essentially good.
Good people do not knowingly allow atrocities to be committed while they stand by.
While willful ignorance helps explain inaction, so does the sense of
helplessness that comes from blindly accepting the self-fulfilling prophecy
that war is inevitable. We must help those blinded by a culture of self-interest
to see the connection between war and the failure of democracy. Citizens of NATO countries are so distracted
by their economic problems that they fail to see that those who have undermined
their standard of living are the same economic elite who are expanding their
Empire through economic coercion, bribery, murder and war in even less
fortunate nations. They must be made to understand that injustice anywhere is a
threat to justice everywhere. Democracy cannot exist in a society that
tolerates injustice because it requires the acceptance of inequality that is
antithetical to self-governance.

Time is running out for humanity to decide. Will we stand by as the last,
greatest hope for Mankind vanishes from an Earth dying from the ravages of
exploitation, of which war is the most glaring example? Or will we fight for real
liberty and justice, using the tools of nonviolent resistance while it is still
possible? Democracy will only become
real if we can see ourselves as basically good and capable of ruling ourselves
in the best interests of all. This will not happen naturally. It will take our
best efforts. Each of us has something to contribute and together, we can end
war. It starts when we abandon the self-imposed distinctions that divide us,
and work together to free the 99% forever from that which has always been the
greatest ambition of the global elite: the enslavement of the human race.

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OUR GOAL: The eradication of war by restoring democracy in America.

OUR MISSION: To challenge the US Congress to put the needs of the people above those of their plutocratic sponsors. We can only establish democracy in America and the world by working together to abolish the "rights" of corporations and those who control them to determine the collective destiny of the Peoples of the United States and of the world.

THE PROBLEM: is not that the American government does not work. It works fine for those who own it, just not for the people of America. It is corporate control of Congress that permits the enslavement of Peoples of other nations and ultimately, Americans as well.

Now that the global economic elite are bringing their tools of subjugation to the United States, we must fight back together to ensure that the hope of government of the People, by the People and for the People does not perish from the Earth.

Together, we can mend the social fabric of a broken nation and assure liberty and justice for all the Peoples of the planet we share.

War and lack of health care are symptoms of the same disease: corporate control of the US government. That is why we must take back America for the people by working to pass a Constitutional amendment to get corporate money out of elections and abolish corporate personhood. This is the essential first step to creating true representative government.

Until Americans learn to fight their common enemy instead of each other, there is no reason to expect real change. We must put aside our differences to fight the imposition of a corporate New World Order if we are going to ensure that our children grow up in a rational, sustainable world where war is but a memory.